Documents for the Study of the

Dungan, David L.

ISBN 10: 0800628098 / ISBN 13: 9780800628093

Published by Fortress Press, 1994

Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers. Seller Inventory # 00105458183

Synopsis:

This collection of freshly translated texts leads to a new appreciation of the richness and variety of the religious world within which Christianity emerged as a powerful new force. Bringing together for the first time under a single cover documents from Jewish, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Syrian, and little-known early Christian sources, the material is arranged to bring out as clearly as possible the ways in which early Christian worship of Jesus Christ as Savior and God both echoed contemporary worship of other savior gods and at the same time stood in sharp contrast to such worship.This revised and enlarged edition contains a new introduction on texts and traditions in late antiquity, a reworked translation of The Gospel of Peter, selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses, plus such documents as Papyrus Egerton 2, Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 840, and The Apocryphon of James. In addition, the table of contents has been expanded to allow easier access to the documents contained herein.

About the Author:

David L. Dungan is Professor of Religion at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Documents for the Study of the
Publisher: Fortress Press
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good